53rd Avenue & 228th Street
The three-way junction of 53rd Avenue and 228th Street is in Bayside, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Linnaeus Park is 1,040 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 56 Av/223 St, is 0.3 miles away for the Q74 and Q75, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them parks. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1950 and 1965, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 56 Av/223 St, 0.3 miles away, for the Q74 and Q75.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 56 Av/223 St Q74, Q750.3 milesQ74 Q75
Next buses at this stop
- Q74 …
- Q75 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway at Northern Boulevard & Cross Island Parkway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 218-01 Northern Boulevard Gas station0.8 miles
- 47-14 217th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger1 mile
- 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2017.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11364
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 11
- City Council district
- 23
- Police precinct
- 111
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Bayside
- Elevation
- 96 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1950 and 1965.
Trees
NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 parks
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 college
- 1 playground
Schools and child care
- Queensborough Comm Coll College1,170 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Linnaeus Park1,040 feet
- Alley Pond Park1,290 feet
- Horatio Playground1,310 feet
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- 53rd Avenue & Cloverdale Boulevard 280 feet
- 53rd Avenue & 229th Street 340 feet
- 228th Street & Hoxie Drive 390 feet
- 56th Avenue & Cloverdale Boulevard 590 feet
- 53rd Avenue & 230th Street 600 feet
- 56th Avenue & 229th Street 630 feet
- 229th Street & Hoxie Drive 640 feet
- Cloverdale Boulevard & Hoxie Drive 830 feet
See every intersection along 228th Street or 53rd Avenue.